How to make an app for a dry cleaner

A dry cleaner's worry is the single piece: the silk saree with a loose border, the suit that went to the workshop and came back without its trousers. An app records every piece on the receipt with its condition, tracks which batch went to the workshop and came back, and shows what is ready and what nobody has collected.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

The counter, and the owner if they want to see the day's business from home. With one counter phone the data stays on it; with two shops, or the owner checking from another phone, connect your own Supabase database.

The screens a dry cleaner app needs

Receipt: Customer and phone, each piece with its type, colour, rate, a condition note and an optional photo; a tag number per piece
Orders: Open orders by ready date, with pieces received, at the workshop, ready and delivered
Workshop batches: Pieces sent to the workshop or your cleaning unit by date, and which came back
Ready to collect: Orders that are ready, with a WhatsApp button telling the customer
Uncollected: Orders ready for more than 30 days, with a polite reminder
Rate list: Per-piece rates and express charges, used to fill the receipt

Features worth asking for

A tag number for each piece, so a suit's jacket and trousers stay together
Condition notes on the receipt: stains, loose stones, torn lining, with a photo if needed
Batches to and from the workshop, with any piece still missing shown in red
A receipt PDF sent on WhatsApp with each piece and its condition note
A WhatsApp button to tell the customer the order is ready
An uncollected list with the days waiting
Express orders marked so the counter sees them first

Where the data lives

If one counter phone uses the app, the data stays on it. If you have two shops, or you want to check orders from home, connect your own Supabase database; add Razorpay only if customers will pay online, with the money going to you.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Receipt, Orders, Workshop batches, Ready to collect, Uncollected.
Describe it to AppCub. Paste the request below, changed to your own business and details.
Check the plan. AppCub shows the screens and features it will build. Change them in the chat until they are right; seeing the plan is free.
Try it on your phone. The app runs live next to the chat. Scan the QR code to install it, and ask for changes.
Share it. Share it as a web link, an APK file, or publish it on Google Play from your own developer account.

Copy this request, change the details to match your dry cleaner, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for my dry cleaning shop, Sahu Dry Cleaners in Bhopal. Screens: receipt, orders, workshop batches, ready to collect, uncollected and rate list. A receipt has the customer, phone and each piece with type, colour, rate, a condition note and an optional photo. Give each piece a tag number. Normal ready in 4 days; express in 48 hours at 50% extra. Pieces go to the workshop in batches; show which have not come back. Send a receipt PDF on WhatsApp and a WhatsApp message when ready. List orders uncollected for 30 days. Navy colours.

Tips for a dry cleaner app

Write condition notes in front of the customer and send the receipt on WhatsApp before they leave.
Take a photo of costly or damaged pieces at the counter; it settles questions later.
Keep your tag numbers in the same series as your physical tags, so the app and the tags match.
Check the workshop batch list every evening for pieces that have not come back.
Start with receipts and the ready list; add batches once the counter uses the app for every order.

What it costs

Describing your app and seeing AppCub’s plan for it is free.
A new app usually takes 60 to 110 credits. Start with the 2-day trial for ₹99 (150 credits, enough for one app and a few changes) or the one-time App Pack for ₹499. Starter is ₹1,599 a month for 700 credits.
Google Play needs a paid plan (it includes the Play Store bundle and your app’s signing key) and your own Google Play developer account, a one-time US$25 fee to Google.
Work that fails or is rolled back costs no credits.

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Good to know

AppCub doesn't print tags on a tag printer or connect to a billing machine, and it doesn't send messages by itself. Receipts are PDFs shared or printed from the phone, and messages go when the counter taps WhatsApp.
AppCub builds Android apps. You can also share the app as a web link that opens on any phone; for the iPhone App Store, AppCub’s team can do it for you.

Questions

Can the app note a stain or a loose stone on the receipt?

Yes. Each piece has a condition note and an optional photo, and both appear on the receipt the customer gets on WhatsApp.

Can I track pieces sent to an outside workshop?

Yes. Ask for workshop batches: pieces leave in a batch with a date, and the app shows which have come back and which are still out.

Can the app keep a suit's jacket and trousers together?

Yes. Give each piece its own tag number under one receipt, and the order shows ready only when every piece is back.

Can I scan tag codes with the phone?

In the installed Android app, the camera can scan QR codes or barcodes, for example a QR on your tag, to open that order. It won't print tags.

How do customers know their clothes are ready?

The counter taps a WhatsApp button on the order, and a ready message opens with the receipt number filled in.

Can I run two dry cleaning counters on one app?

Yes, with your own Supabase database. Each receipt carries the counter's name, and you see both from your phone.

Make your dry cleaner app

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